Neat idea for all camps. Could work as a"panic game/activity " Art Challenge capsules for students who finish early-- keep those high achievers moving :) teacher-teacher-teacher

Looks fun: A, Bee, C, Preschool: Building Shapes. Kindergarten readiness: Colored craft sticks are labeled with the number of sides each shape has, ie: 3 purple sticks - triangle. The children will choose a color and build the matching colored shape from

25 Clever Classroom Tips For Elementary School Teachers There are some really awesome ideas to use in the therapy room. I wish we had painting time- I love the Heinz ketchup bottles with paint and the starbucks cups to contain the brushes!

When all else fails, spray Quiet Spray into the air! ~~ 27 Attention-Getters For Quieting A Noisy Classroom

AWESOME - not the paint samples necessarily, but more "core" words to use to illustrate importance of strong and specific verbs in writing! Use paint cards for teaching the Common Core Language standard about "Shades of Meaning"

For my classroom :) Descriptive word wall! Sometimes you can get a few free french fry containers at McDonalds, just ask!

Instructional Chart: This chart can be placed in the classroom writing center to give students synonyms to replace simple words. It can be used both as a tool for their writing or as a dictionary to decipher word meanings during reading.

French Back-to-school Games: jeux pour la rentrée scolaire

"On the white paper (plain popcorn) I wrote numbers, on the yellow (buttered popcorn) I wrote math symbols (+ – x ). Students can then choose 2 pieces of white popcorn and 1 piece of yellow. They write the equation and answer in their books.